After the lockout ended, each team moved quickly in the free agent market, signing everything that needed to be signed and trading everything that needed to be traded.
The new season training camp also officially started on December 9.
Unlike the hectic pace of other teams, everything for the Warriors was orderly and went smoothly.
As soon as training camp started, all members of the Warriors appeared at Oracle Arena.
Compared with last season, the Warriors still have some changes.
The point guard aspect has been streamlined a bit, with only Curry and Lowry left.
There are three shooting guards: Azubuike, Laga Bell, and Klay Thompson.
There are three players at the small forward position: Prince, Hayward, and Ariza.
There are three players at the power forward position: Tucker, Kirilenko, and Yi Jianlian.
Three players at the center: Lopez, Lopez and Yao Ming.
Just looking at the roster, the Warriors lineup feels extremely powerful!
Other teams can easily distinguish between starters and substitutes, but not the Warriors.
Except for Curry, almost everyone in other positions can be a starter!
Any five players from the Warriors are better than the starters of most teams in the league!
For many head coaches, if they were given such a list, they might still worry!
This is the trouble of happiness.
But Deng Fang would not.
Other coaches worry because they don't know which player is good and which player has better development prospects, but Deng Fang knows all this.
For example, at the center position, Lopez has played very well in the past two years with the Warriors. He and Curry have cooperated very well and have become the league's top center.
But Yao Ming has long been the league's top center. How to choose between these two?
Is Yao Ming's injury completely healed?
Can he adapt to the fast-paced offense and defense?
Besides, there is a little Lopez next to him!
He has also played as a starting center in the Suns for a long time!
Even if they serve as substitutes, how should the order of these three people be arranged?
How much playing time should be given to each person?
If Lopez Jr. is put to the end, will Lopez become dissatisfied?
These are all problems.
Another example is the shooting guard position. Azubuike and Laga Bell are the heroes of the Warriors. They are both offensive and defensive and have rich experience. However, the Warriors spent a lot of money to acquire Clay in the draft. Against a defending team,
As a champion, why would you bring a rookie here?
How much playing time will be given to Klay?
If Clay gets more time, will Azubuike be dissatisfied?
What are Clay's development prospects?
Can he cooperate well with Curry?
These are also problems.
But this is no longer a problem with Deng Fang.
Lopez must leave next season, and Yao Ming is the Warriors' choice for the center position in the next three seasons!
As for Lopez Jr., he might be traded away during the season!
So there is no need to think about it at all. As long as Yao Ming can practice three-pointers, let him play center!
If Lopez has no objection, he can stay with the Warriors for one more season and win one more championship. If he has any objection, he can just leave!
Even Lopez left with him!
There is no suspense about the choices of Azubuike, Laga Bell and Clay!
Clay will definitely be in the starting lineup. Deng Fang has been waiting for a long time for the Splash Brothers to get together!
Azubuike is very good, but he is much worse than Clayby!
As for Laga Bell, he is 35 years old this year, which is very old. He will definitely retire at the end of the season.
Even if I don't retire, I can't stay.
Therefore, as long as Clay adapts to a few games and becomes familiar with the rhythm of the NBA, he can be a starter!
Curry is on, Klay is on!
Water splashes together are powerful!
Of course, for new players, Deng Fang will definitely have to look at the situation before making a decision.
Although Deng Fang was confident, Yao Ming did not often pull out and throw three-pointers in history, so Deng Fang did not know what would happen to Yao Ming's three-pointers.
Moreover, Deng Fang doesn’t know whether Yao Ming will be able to stand in the paint after losing weight, and how his defense in the penalty area will change.
The same goes for Clay and Ariza.
The main tasks in the first two days of the training camp are to find form, recover, increase strength, and improve physical fitness.
After two days, Deng Fang was very satisfied.
Yao Ming has successfully lost weight and the fit little giant he used to be is back!
And Yao Ming's three-point shooting is also very good!
I have to say that Yao Ming is really hardworking and very self-disciplined.
As long as the head coach asks, Yao Ming will definitely complete it 100%.
The coach asked Yao Ming to gain weight, so Yao Ming gained weight and went to the penalty area to make a living!
The coach asked Yao Ming to lose weight, and Yao Ming lost weight!
To be honest, gaining weight is easier, but losing weight is not so easy.
Anyone who has ever lost weight knows that it is easier to put on weight than it is to lose it!
It is easy to say, keep your mouth shut and move your legs more, but it is very difficult to do it!
Not many NBA players can do that!
It is precisely for this reason that some players' contracts will add some additional clauses. If the weight does not meet the conditions, the salary will be reduced by how much!
But it only took Yao Ming a few months to lose more than 20 pounds!
Last season, Yao Ming's weight was more than 280 kilograms, but now Yao Ming is only 255 kilograms.
Although it may not seem like much, it is already a lot for Yao Ming!
You know, Yao Ming weighed more than 260 kilograms when he first entered the NBA!
Although he has gained at least 20 pounds, Yao Ming's jumping and speed are obviously better!
Yao Ming did a good job of making up defense and switching positions.
Yao Ming also did surprisingly well in three-point shooting!
Yao Ming knew the characteristics of the Warriors, and he kept Deng Fang's request in mind.
Practice three points!
If you practice three-pointers well, you will have more playing time!
You can even be a starter!
That's the starting center for the defending champion!
So Yao Ming worked hard on three-pointers, and the results were very gratifying.
In the competition with Lopez, Yao Ming never lost once!
Even compared with Azubuike and Hayward, Yao Ming does not fall behind!
Yao Ming's three-pointer surprised everyone!
You know, Yao Ming was a giant inside and almost never threw a three-pointer!
But now Yao Ming's three-point shooting has reached an elite level!
It's really impressive.
I have to say that Yao Ming is very talented in shooting.
Deng Fang was not surprised by this.
Deng Fang knew Yao Ming's shooting ability, and he also knew Yao Ming's self-discipline and hard work.
Of course, although he was mentally prepared, Deng Fang was still very satisfied.
Clay is also pretty good here.
Deng Fangdo doesn’t need to talk about Klay’s three-pointers. That’s the guy who feeds Klay. He just has the talent for three-pointers!
Deng Fang mainly looks at Clay's defense and Clay's understanding of the Warriors system.
Deng Fang was very satisfied with the result.
Klay's defense also performed well, and his off-ball movement on the offensive end was equally good.
It can be seen from this that the names of historical shooters and top 3D players are not just trumped up, they just have this talent!
In this case, Deng Fang was not polite.
Like last season, Deng Fang once again divided the Warriors into two groups. One group was led by Curry: Curry, Clay, Prince, Tucker, and Yao Ming. The two substitutes were Kirilenko and Yi Jianlian.
The second group is led by Lowry: Lowry, Azubuike, Ariza, Hayward, and Lopez. The two substitutes are Laga Bell and Lopez Jr.
Deng Fang's reasons are very good: Yao Ming's three-pointers are more accurate, and Clay and Curry are better matched!
In addition, since DeAndre Jordan is gone, the second team needs a good center, so Lopez and Lowry are very suitable to cooperate.
And there is another advantage to this combination. Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian have a very good tacit understanding, and they are very suitable as a team.
There is nothing to say about Big Lopez and Little Lopez being in the same group.
How well the two brothers work together!
Big Lopez goes off and little Lopez comes on. No matter who plays more or less, there is nothing to say!
Of course, it doesn't matter if someone has an opinion, Deng Fang has enough authority in the Warriors.
Anyone who has any objections will leave!
Deng Fang is not only the head coach, he is also the small boss of the team!
Even the general manager has to listen to Deng Fang!
Of course, no one actually had any objections, because the strength of the two groups was very close, and it was impossible to see that Deng Fang had any selfish motives.
Starting from the third day, the two groups began actual combat exercises.
One group vs. two groups!
The tactics of the second group are very simple, that is, Lowry and Lopez pick-and-roll, replicating the previous cooperation between Curry and Lopez.
A group is a little different.
Thanks to Clay, Deng Fang can finally let Splash run without the ball tactics.
Others don't know it, but Deng Fang knows it. The Splash Brothers' off-ball movement is unparalleled in the world and unmatched!
Two of the strongest pitchers in history are on the same team, and the head coach is comfortable!
Compared to the second team, the first team has more diverse tactics and more coordination.
The main reason is still Curry: Curry can play without the ball, and he can also attack with the ball!
Curry and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll cooperation is difficult to defend, especially after Yao Ming has practiced three-pointers!
Curry and Klay's off-ball tactics are even more difficult to guard against!
Although the cooperation was a little rough at first, the two newcomers, Yao Ming and Klay, have very high intelligence, so it was not a big problem to play as a team.
The competition between the two teams is very fierce!
Although they had no objections, the members of the second team also knew that the talents of the first team were what Deng Fang valued most.
Otherwise, why would Deng Fang spend so much money to acquire Clay and Yao Ming?
No player who can enter the NBA thinks he is bad, let alone people like the Warriors!
We are all people who have won championships!
Who is Curry, and who is Yao Ming?
Fuck him!
The second team worked very hard, and there were sparks flying out every time they practiced.
Fortunately, several members of the team had good tempers, and Deng Fang was in charge, so there were no discordant sounds.
Deng Fang had no objection to this.
It is a good thing if there is competition within the team. If there is no competition and everyone is content with the status quo, it will be troublesome.
Especially for the defending champion!
Winning the championship easily for two consecutive years would make anyone feel proud and complacent.
In this case, the benefits of adding more competition within the team will always be greater.
As the training camp progresses, the first team's cooperation becomes more and more tacit.
Slowly, it became difficult for the second team to win.
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Since it is a shortened season, the training camp is very short and ends quickly.
After training camp is the preseason.
For other teams, the task of the preseason is to inspect the players and fine-tune the lineup.
For the Warriors, it's simple. They don't have the task of inspecting players.
It's just a matter of finding a team to blend in with the lineup.
Generally speaking, people don't pay much attention to preseason games. It doesn't matter whether they win or lose, but the Warriors players work hard and fight hard as long as they play.
There is no way, the first team doesn’t want to lose to the second team, and the second team even wants to prove that they are no worse than the first team!
The Warriors don't pay attention to their opponents at all, they are competing with themselves!
What a miserable opponent for the Warriors!
Every game was a big win, and the Warriors won the least game by 41 points!
The media was shocked again.
Although it was a preseason game, the Warriors' performance was amazing.
It seems that the three consecutive championships are gone...
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Soon, the preseason ended, and each team went home to run in again and practice on the problems exposed in the preseason.
The regular horse racing is about to start, and the media and fans are full of expectations.
This year's season is very different from previous years, and there are many things to watch.
The first is how much impact the lockout will have on the Warriors' three consecutive championships.
This year's lockout lasted for nearly five months, shortening the season a lot.
It would be okay if it was just more than five months without playing football, but many players are confused and confused about the prospects of the new season, which makes many players not train much.
Without systematic training, it will be difficult for players to maintain their condition.
In addition, the team's signings, transactions and preparations are also very intense, so many teams will definitely fall behind at the beginning of the season.
It doesn't matter if it's another season, because the season is very long, and you still have time to catch up if you fall behind.
But this season is a shortened season, and the time is very short. Once you fall behind, it will be difficult to catch up.
It is precisely for this reason that this season's championship is even more suspenseful.
Seasons with suspense are interesting.
The Warriors had several players leave the team during the offseason, and they also added several strong players, making them look even stronger.
If the lockout hadn't shortened the season, I'm afraid the Warriors would have booked the championship in advance.
However, as the season is shortened and uncontrollable factors increase, the Warriors' championship is no longer so stable!
In addition, whether the Heat can stop the Warriors is also very exciting.
The formation of the top three giants is the biggest threat to the Warriors, but the Heat's performance after the finals last season surprised everyone.
Being swept at 0:4, there was no way to fight back. James lost and lost. The top three giants were so vulnerable.
However, last season was only the first year that the three giants worked together, so it is understandable that they lost.
There is no tacit understanding!
Lack of both offensive and defensive players!
Missing shooter!
These are all reasons why the Heat lost.
But this year is the second year that the Heat's three giants have worked together. The Heat management also introduced capable players like Battier during the offseason. They should have no excuses this time, right?
James has also made harsh words many times and vowed to practice three-pointers. Now that a few months have passed, what happened to James' three-pointers? Will he still be the one whose opponents miss him?
Judging from their preseason performance, the Heat are terrifying.
James' three-point shooting has made great progress, and he is more confident in his shooting.
Although not as scary as the Warriors, the Heat also won big games in the preseason, leaving their opponents powerless to parry!
So can the Heat stop the Warriors?
Can the Warriors win three consecutive championships?
